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Matn Ar-Risala
Full Arabic Text With Tashkeel
By Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Kairawani Rendered to English By F Amira Zrein Matraji
Basis Essential According to the School of Imam Malik
Corrected and Revised by Mahmoud Matraji
Arabic with tashkil
Hardback 279 Pages
Dar El- Fikr Beirut Lebanon
Published 1994, Re-Printed 2010

Arabic-English

About The Book

The English in this translation is not excellent however it has the full Arabic Text (with Vowels). It therefore recommended for Teachers /Students with an Understanding of the Arabic language as well as students studying under a qualified teacher .Forty Five Short Chapters Covering Belief, Salah, Sawm, Zakat, Hajj, Umra, Jihad, Marriage, Divorce, Business transactions, Wills, other transactions, Ahkam Hudud, Fitra, Food & Drink, Salutations, cure and many other subjects.

An Extract from the Opening Chapter

To Proceed: Allah (the Exalted and Al-Mighty) helps us to look after his trusts and keep what He trusted us of His Laws.

'You asked me to write you a brief group of the essential obligations of religion, of what is pronounced by the tongue, and what the hearts believe in and the organs do, and what is related to the obligation of that traditions. Its basic and supererogatory services and desires and some of its conventional rules of behaviour, and a group of the origin and forms of Jurisprudence applying the doctrine of Al-Imam Malek Bin Anas (Allah's Mercy on Him), and his way with explanation of that of what was vage of the explanation of the versed and manifesting the learned and what they wished to teach to the children in the same way you teach them the Quran letter..............................

I will explain to you in detail what I have just mentioned to you, chapter by chapter, to bring closer to understanding those who want to learn it, if Allah (the Exalted and Al-Mighty) wills, --- From The introduction the Imam

Note: The above is an excerpt from the book and that is the Level of English, however the Full Arabic Text is also Included

About the Author:

Ibn Abi Zayd Al Kirawani is Abu Muhammad Abd Allah b Abi Zayd 'Abd Ar-Rahman . He was from the tribe of Naffzawa and lived and studied in Kayrawan. He was the Imam of the Malikis in his time and their model. He had a comprehensive grasp of the school of Malik and explained his statements. He had extensive knowledge and a prodigious memory and transmission. His books are ample testimony of that. His writing was fluent, clarifying and defining what he said. He defended the school of Malik and established evidence in its support.Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Zayd died in 386 Hijri.

The people of Andalusia who followed him include Abu Bakr ibn Mawhab al-Maqburi, Abu 'Abdullah ibn al-Hadhdha' and Abu Marwan al-Qanazi'i. The people of Ceuta include Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn al-'Ajuz, Abu Muhammad ibn Ghalib, and Khalaf ibn Nasr. The people of the Maghrib include Abu 'Ali ibn Amdakatu as-Sijilmasi.Other Books by Imam Kayrawani includes: A Madinan View on the Sunnah:Imam al-Qayrawani, Courtesy, Wisdom,Battles& History From Kitab al-Jami, Tran:Abdassamad Clarke,PB, 208pp A5, Taha,{Maliki views},Other Books on Maliki Fiqh